Romy Schneider
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Romy Schneider was a German-French actress who became a major film star during the 20th century, known for her work in European cinema. Her career and life remain significant to film history, though she died in 1982 at the age of 43.
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- Born
- 1938
- Died
- 1982
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Ich, Romy. Tagebuch eines Lebens.
- Moi, Romy
- Briefe an die Mutter. CD
- Ich, Romy
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Acting · Vienna, Austria
Romy Schneider (born Rosemarie Magdalena Albach, September 23, 1938 – May 29, 1982) was a German-French actress. She began her career in the German heimatfilm genre in the early 1950s when she was 15. From 1955 to 1957, she played the central character of Empress Elisabeth of Austria in the Austrian Sissi trilogy, and later reprised the role in a more mature version in Visconti's Ludwig (1973).…
Known for
- Romy and Magda Schneider: Mother - Daughter - Rivals? — Self (archive footage)2025
- L'Âge d'or de la pub — Self (archive footage)2023
- Romy Schneider, face à son destin — Self (archive footage)2023
- Romy, A Free Woman — Self (archive footage)2022
- Romy : 40 ans après, ultimes confidences — Self (archive footage)2022
Article
Rosemarie Magdalena Albach (23 September 1938 – 29 May 1982), known professionally as Romy Schneider ( German: [ˈʁoːmi ˈʃnaɪdɐ, ˈʁɔmi -] ), was a German and French actress. She is regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time and became a cult figure due to her role as Empress Elisabeth of Austria in the Sissi trilogy in the mid-1950s. She later reprised the role in a more mature version in Luchino Visconti's Ludwig (1973). She began her career in the German Heimatfilm genre in the early 1950s when she was 15. Schneider moved to France, where she made successful and critically acclaimed films with some of the most notable film directors of that era. Coco Chanel called Romy "the ultimate incarnation of the ideal woman". Bertrand Tavernier remarked: "Sautet is talking about Mozart with regard to Romy. Me, I want to talk of Verdi, Mahler..."
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1938 births1982 deaths20th-century French actresses20th-century German actressesActresses from ViennaBest Actress César Award winnersBest Actress German Film Award winnersCésar Honorary Award recipientsFrench film actressesFrench people of Austrian descentFrench stage actressesGerman emigrants to France